Oversight Democrats push Comer to subpoena Blanche, Patel in Epstein files probe
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Democrats are pushing to subpoena acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel, noting that former Attorney General Pam Bondi repeatedly cited the involvement of both of them in decisionmaking about the Epstein files.
Committee ranking member Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) made the ask after Bondi’s Friday closed-door appearance before the committee’s investigators, during which Democrats said she repeatedly refused to answer questions about her role in handling the files.
“Rather than provide answers in her testimony, Ms. Bondi repeatedly shifted responsibility to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche,” Garcia wrote in a Tuesday letter to committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.).
“During questioning, Ms. Bondi invoked Mr. Blanche’s name more than 30 times, pointing to him as the person responsible for DOJ’s actions involving the review, withholding, and botched release of Epstein-related records.”
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5905764-oversight-democrats-subpoena-blanche-patel/